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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2020
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Daito, JP;
Takeaki Wakabayashi, Hyogo, JP;
Kensaku Takeda, Tokushima, JP;
PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A battery pack includes a battery block including battery cells connected to one another and a case accommodating the battery block. Each battery cell includes a discharge valve on an end surface of the cell which is configured to open when an internal pressure exceeds a predetermined pressure. The battery cells are arranged on a straight line such that respective end surfaces of the calls face each other. The battery block has a discharge gap between the end surfaces of the cells facing each other which is configured to guide exhaust gas from the discharge valve The case includes lower case, an upper case, a heat dissipation plate arranged in lower case and between the lower case and battery block, and a bendable heat-resistant cover protruding from a side edge of the heat dissipation plate and arranged at a position covering an opening of discharge gap.